Miss A Columnist

Meera Rajagopalan is the Austin Editor for Miss A. A proud Longhorn, Meera earned her journalism degree from UT. Some of her hobbies include event planning, writing and baking. She loves trying new recipes and experimenting with food. Her latest creation was Pistachio Fudge. A tech nerd at heart, Meera loves cool iPhone apps and geeking out with friends about social media trends. Aside from the tech stuff, Meera also enjoys discovering new fonts. There’s something about finding the perfect font to help enhance titles. Besides her hobbies, Meera loves free stuff. So far besides tons of samples, she’s won concert tickets, movie passes (compliments of Do512) and a cooking class.

Austin’s Well Aware’s 2015 Shower Strike

For the seventh year, Austin’s Well Aware presents its 2015 Shower Strike. Each year, volunteers across the globe unite and vow not to shower for one week or until they raise $1,000. With just $1,000, strikers are giving the gift of water to 110 people.

This year, the strikers hope to raise $150,000. The money will go towards life-saving water systems in Africa. For the people the strikers are helping, a clean drink of water is a luxury, and a shower is unheard of.

Through the years, strikers have found various ways to “keep clean and fresh,” before their friends help get them to $1,000. In 2013, TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie, kept fresh with car fresheners.